introduction: timely diagnosis and treatment of post traumatic, elevated intracranial pressure (eicp), could reduce morbidity and mortality, as well as improve patients’ outcome. this study is trying to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of sonographic optic nerve sheath diameter (onsd) in detection of eicp. methods: sonographic onsd of patients with head trauma or cerebrovascular accident suspic...

objective: to investigate the effects of intracranial pressure (icp) monitoring on mortality rate and functional outcome of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (tbi). methods: this was historical cohort study being performed in nemazee hospital of shiraz during a 4-year period (from 2006 to 2010) including those patients with severe tbi who had undergone care based on icp monitoring (ca...

background: cerebral vasospasm is a preventable cause of death and disability in patients who experience aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (sah). the aim of this study is to investigate the incidence of cerebral vasospasm following traumatic sah and its relationship with different brain injuries and severity of trauma. method s: this cross-sectional study was conducted from october 2006 to mar...

introduction: traumatic brain injury is considered as the major cause of mortality and hospitalization of about ten million people across the globe. most of these patients are young and active people suffering disabilities. tranexamic acid (txa) therapy is commonly used to reduce blood loss and need for blood transfusions in surgical cases. this study aimed at investigating the effect of tranex...

background & aim: traumatic brain injury is one of the main causes of death and disability. the aim of this study is to systematically review the articles which assessed some serum factors of traumatic brain injury patients in relation to their outcomes. methods & materials/patients: databases were searched for relevant publications from 2005 to 2014. selection criteria were:studies which evalu...

OBJECTIVE Head injury is a leading cause of death and disability in subjects who suffer a traumatic accident. Contralateral hematomas after surgery for traumatic brain injury are rare. However, an unrecognized, these hematomas can cause devastating results. We presented our experience of these patients and discussed diagnosis and management. METHODS This study included 12 traumatic patients w...

the patient with head trauma is a challenge for the emergency physician and for the neurosurgeon. currently traumatic brain injury constitutes a public health problem. knowledge of the various supportive therapeutic strategies in the pre-hospital and pre-operative stages is essential for optimal care. the immediate rapid infusion of large volumes of crystalloids to restore blood volume and bloo...

Severe traumatic brain injury is associated with both acute and delayed neuro- logical injury. Cerebral vasospasm is commonly associated with delayed neurological decline in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients. However, the role played by vasospasm in traumatic brain injury is less clear. Vasospasm occurs earlier, for a shorter duration, and often without significant neurological conseq...

methods of modulating brain neural plasticity, improving memory and learning, improving recovery from traumatic brain injury, preventing epilepsy, treating memory disorders, and treating persistent impairment of consciousness in humans and animals by nerve stimulation are provided. widespread loss of cerebral connectivity is assumed to underlie the failure of brain mechanisms that support commu...